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Christmas in Paris — Department Store Windows 2011

chris — Sat, 19 Nov 2011 08:46:46 +0000

The Galeries Lafayette and Printemps department stores in Paris France setup spectacular displays and decorations in their windows for the Christmas holiday season.

This year in 2011, the displays were both animated with marionette puppets and music to go with the display. Galeries Lafayette’s theme this year was Un Noël à Paris, Noel Rock’n Mode, with displays based on a rock-n-roll band going on tour. Printemps windows were much more artistic, with an asian themed wiindow, a photo-shoot themed window, and an airport themed window. These windows are definitely a must-see if you’re in Paris for the holiday season, starting about mid-November.

Dublin Ireland Video

chris — Tue, 13 Sep 2011 23:24:52 +0000

A fun city tour video of Dublin Ireland.

This video highlights the major tourist sites in Dublin including Trinity College for the Book of Kells, Pubs in Temple Bar, Guiness Storehouse, Eating Fish and Chips at Leo Burdock, Kilmanham Jail, and O’Connel St.

Dublin Musical Pub Crawl Video

chris — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 05:31:03 +0000

This video highlights an evening on the Musical Pub Crawl in Dublin Ireland in August 2011.

The Musical Pub Crawl meets in Temple Bar and visits a couple of pubs to enjoy about 2 hours of traditional Irish folk music.

Playing the Spoons in Dublin Ireland Video

chris — Sun, 28 Aug 2011 23:52:57 +0000

The Irish are a very musical people. This video showcases a guy that I found on the streets of Dublin Ireland playing the spoons in the neighborhood of Temple Bar. Pretty amazing what he can do with 2 spoons!

His name is Decklan Walsh — and apparently he’s been playing the spoons for quite a long time!

Naples Italy Traffic Video — Left turn go!

chris — Mon, 08 Aug 2011 17:08:38 +0000

Traffic in Naples Italy is absolutely crazy insane.

If there are any rules, they sure don’t seem to be enforced. This video is from a “left turn yield” intersection — which really works out to be much more of a “left turn go” intersection. They don’t yield in Naples, they just go!

Naples Italy – The City of Trash Video

chris — Mon, 01 Aug 2011 03:20:55 +0000

Naples Italy is known for beautiful sights, crazy drivers, but most importantly, it’s trash problem.

Since 2007 Naples has had issues with it’s trash collection. Trash overflows the dumpsters and trash cans due to lack of landfill space, and mafia control of the waste management industry. See for yourself with this video how truly smelly it can be!

Street Musicians in Paris France Video

chris — Sat, 13 Nov 2010 06:55:43 +0000

On a recent trip to Paris, I was most impressed by the quality and caliber of the street musicians. Usually street performers around the world aren’t the best, and get people to give them money due to pity… but in Paris I want to give them money because they are actually talented! This is a collection of some of the best street musicians that I captured during my trip. Highlights of this video include a 20 member teenage band by the Eifel Tower, Violin played in a subway station, and a puppet show in a subway car.

Lovers Bridge in Paris France – Pont des Arts Video

chris — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 16:40:58 +0000

This video showcases the Lovers Bridge ( Pont des Arts ) in Paris France, located near the corner of the Louvre musuem, just a block from the Louvre-Rivoli metro stop. The bridge is famous as a place where lovers come to show their love by placing a “lock” on the bridge for each other. The locks are in many shapes and sizes and some are pretty awesome.

Murakami Versaille Video

chris — Thu, 21 Oct 2010 14:35:03 +0000

The Chateau Versaille in Paris France had a special exhibit from Sep-Dec 2010 of Japanese sculpture from Takashi Murakami. This video shows highlights from the exhibit.

Some of the art was commissioned specifically for this exhibit. It’s really neat to see this sort of Japanese art in a French palace. A very neat juxtaposition.

Electric Golf Carts at the Garden of Versaille Video

Electric Golf Carts at the Garden of Versaille Video

chris — Wed, 20 Oct 2010 23:07:36 +0000

A pretty cool way to tour the Garden of Versaille at the Palace of Versaille in France is using the little electric golf carts. For 30 euro for one hour, it’s not cheap, but it really does save your feet because the gardens are massive in size. A neat future of the carts is that they have a GPS Enabled audio guide. When the cart approaches significant areas in the garden an informative summary is provided automatically. Super neat! This video shows the golf carts in action!

Murakami Versaille Video